2017 FK Žalgiris season

Žalgiris
2017 season
Chairwoman	Vilma Venslovaitienė
Manager	Valdas Dambrauskas
Stadium	LFF Stadionas
A Lyga	2nd
LFF Supercup	Winners
LFF Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League (17–18)	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Darvydas Šernas (10 goals); All: ; Darvydas Šernas (10 goals)
Highest home attendance	2,918; (Feb. 26 vs. Trakai)
Lowest home attendance	300; (Jun 24 vs. Atlantas)
Average home league attendance	1,052
Biggest win	Utenis 0–4 Žalgiris; (25 April 2017)
Biggest defeat	FK Sūduva 3–0 Žalgiris; (22 October 2017)
	← 2016 2018 →
	All statistics correct as of 1 August 2017.

The 2017 season will be Žalgiris 8th consecutive season in the top flight of Lithuanian football and 4th consecutive as A Lyga title defenders. They will also participate in the Lithuanian Cup, SuperCup and enter the UEFA Champions League at the second qualifying round stage.

Season overview

Pre-season

Players

Squad No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in
Goalkeepers
1	Armantas Vitkauskas	GK	(1989-03-23) 23 March 1989 (age 35)	Sūduva	2012^[1]
29	Džiugas Bartkus	GK	(1989-11-07) 7 November 1989 (age 35)	Valletta	2017^[2]
30	Airidas Mickevičius	GK	(1999-07-07) 7 July 1999 (age 25)	Academy	2017
35	Pijus Petkevičius	GK	(1999-05-17) 17 May 1999 (age 25)	Academy	2017
Defenders
2	Linas Klimavičius	CB	(1989-04-10) 10 April 1989 (age 35)	Trakai	2016^[3]
4	Diego Oyarzún	CB / LB	(1993-01-19) 19 January 1993 (age 31)	Palestino	2017^[4]
5	Donovan Slijngard	LB	(1987-08-28) 28 August 1987 (age 37)	Cambuur	2015^[5]
6	Mamadou Mbodj	CB	(1993-03-12) 12 March 1993 (age 31)	Red Star Belgrade	2016^[6]
8	Egidijus Vaitkūnas	RB	(1988-08-08) 8 August 1988 (age 36)	Tauras	2010^[7]
23	Rolandas Baravykas	RB / LB	(1995-08-23) 23 August 1995 (age 29)	Atlantas	2017^[8]
71	Jonas Skinderis	CB	(1997-04-04) 4 April 1997 (age 27)	Panevėžys	2016^[9]
Midfielders
7	Slavko Blagojević	CM	(1987-03-21) 21 March 1987 (age 37)	RNK Split	2016^[10]
13	Saulius Mikoliūnas	RB / RW / LW	(1984-05-02) 2 May 1984 (age 40)	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	2016^[11]
14	Karolis Uzėla	CM	(2000-03-11) 11 March 2000 (age 24)	Academy	2017
16	Mahamane Traoré	CM	(1988-08-31) 31 August 1988 (age 36)	Nice	2017^[12]
17	Liviu Antal	RW / SS	(1989-06-02) 2 June 1989 (age 35)	CFR Cluj	2017^[13]
19	Daniel Romanovskij	CM	(1996-06-19) 19 June 1996 (age 28)	Academy	2014
21	Vytautas Lukša	RW / LW	(1984-08-14) 14 August 1984 (age 40)	Trakai	2015^[14]
22	Justas Lasickas	LW	(1997-10-06) 6 October 1997 (age 27)	Academy	2014
27	Matija Ljujić	CM / AM	(1993-10-28) 28 October 1993 (age 31)	Rad	2016^[15]
44	Serge Nyuiadzi	LW / RW	(1991-09-17) 17 September 1991 (age 33)	1461 Trabzon	2017^[16]
75	Ernestas Stočkūnas	MF	(1998-04-26) 26 April 1998 (age 26)	Academy	2015
88	Mantas Kuklys	CM / AM	(1987-06-10) 10 June 1987 (age 37)	Turnhout	2012^[17]
Forwards
9	Bahrudin Atajić	AM / LW / RW / CF / SS	(1993-11-16) 16 November 1993 (age 31)	SJK Seinäjoki	2016^[18]
10	Darvydas Šernas	CF	(1984-07-22) 22 July 1984 (age 40)	Alanyaspor	2017^[19]
28	Julius Momkus	ST	(1998-02-28) 28 February 1998 (age 26)	Academy	2016
80	Elivelto	CM / AM / LW / RW / SS	(1992-01-02) 2 January 1992 (age 32)	Ekranas	2015^[20]

Transfers

Winter 2017

In

Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Notes	Source
MF	Mahamane Traoré	28	OGC Nice	Free transfer	^[12]
FW	Darvydas Šernas	32	Alanyaspor	Free transfer	^[19]
DF	Rolandas Baravykas	21	FK Atlantas	Free transfer	^[8]
MF	Serge Nyuiadzi	25	1461 Trabzon	Free transfer	^[16]
FW	Komnen Andrić	21	C.F. Os Belenenses	On loan until July 2017	^[21]
DF	Georgas Freidgeimas	29	FC Irtysh Pavlodar	End of loan spell	^[22]
MF	Daniel Romanovskij	19	FK Utenis	End of loan spell	^[22]
FW	Simonas Stankevičius	21	HNK Šibenik	End of loan spell	^[22]
MF	Tautvydas Eliošius	24	FK Jonava	End of loan spell	^[22]

Out

Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Notes	Source
FW	Simonas Stankevičius	21	Mjøndalen IF	Undisclosed	^[23]
FW	Andrija Kaluđerović	29	Port F.C.	Free transfer	^[24]^[25]^[26]
MF	Linas Pilibaitis	31	FK Atlantas	Free transfer	^[27]^[28]
MF	Marin Matoš	27	HNK Gorica	Free transfer	^[27]^[29]
MF	Tautvydas Eliošius	25	FK Jonava	Free transfer	^[30]
DF	Aldas Korsakas	20	FC Stumbras	Free transfer	^[31]
FW	Darius Kazubovičius	21	FK Trakai	Free transfer	^[27]^[32]
DF	Lukas Valvonis	19	FK Utenis	Free transfer	^[27]^[33]
FW	Edvinas Baniulis	19	FK Utenis	Free transfer	^[27]^[34]
GK	Karolis Čirba	19	FC Vilniaus Vytis	Free transfer	^[35]^[36]
MF	Daniel Romanovskij	20	FC Stumbras	On loan until 2018	^[37]
DF	Dominykas Barauskas	19	FC Stumbras	On loan until 2018	^[37]
DF	Marius Žaliūkas	33		Released	^[27]
MF	Jorge Chula	27		Released	^[38]

Summer 2017

In

Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Notes	Source
MF	Liviu Antal	28	CFR Cluj	Free transfer	^[13]
DF	Diego Oyarzún	24	Club Deportivo Palestino	Free transfer	^[4]
GK	Džiugas Bartkus	27	Valletta F.C.	Free transfer	^[2]
MF	Daniel Romanovskij	21	FC Stumbras	End of loan spell	^[39]

Out

Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Notes	Source
DF	Georgas Freidgeimas	29	FC Okzhetpes	Undisclosed	^[40]^[41]
FW	Komnen Andrić	21	C.F. Os Belenenses	Loan return	^[42]
GK	Saulius Klevinskas	33		Released	^[43]

Pre-season and friendlies

21 January 2017 Friendly	Žalgiris	1–0	Wigry Suwałki	Vilnius, Lithuania
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Vytautas Lukša 41'	Report	Rafał Augustyniak 68'	Stadium: Sportima Arena Referee: Robertas Valikonis

26 January 2017 Friendly	Žalgiris	0–4	RFS	Vilnius, Lithuania
12:30 EET (UTC+2)	Vytautas Lukša 39'	Report	Aleksandrs Fertovs 17' Aleksejs Višņakovs 23', 28' Daniils Hvoiņickis 90'	Stadium: Sportima Arena

3 February 2017 Friendly	Žalgiris	1–0	Slovan Bratislava	Side, Turkey
15:30 FET (UTC+3)	Mamadou Mbodj 33'	Report		Stadium: Emirhan Sports Complex

6 February 2017 Friendly	Dinamo Minsk	1–0	Žalgiris	Belek, Turkey
17:00 FET (UTC+3)	Oleksandr Noyok 14' 78' Roman Begunov 18' 21' Artyom Kiyko 87'	Report		Stadium: Riu Kaya

9 February 2017 Friendly	Žalgiris	3–2	Sibir Novosibirsk	Side, Turkey
17:00 FET (UTC+3)	Darvydas Šernas 80' Matija Ljujić 87' Linas Klimavičius 90+2'	Report	Maksim Andreyev 34' Nikita Bezlikhotnov 55' 57'	Stadium: Emirhan Sports Complex

10 February 2017 Friendly	Žalgiris	1–2	Samtredia	Side, Turkey
16:00 FET (UTC+3)	Komnen Andrić 17'	Report	Giuli Mandzhgaladze 38', 90+2'	Stadium: Emirhan Sports Complex

13 February 2017^[44] Friendly	Žalgiris	1–0	Olimpija Ljubljana	Side, Turkey
16:00 FET (UTC+3)	Saulius Mikoliūnas 45' Darvydas Šernas 82'	Report		Stadium: Emirhan Sports Complex

15 February 2017 Friendly	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	1–1	Žalgiris	Colakli,^[45] Turkey
16:00 FET (UTC+3)	Dzyanis Laptsew 32' Sergei Khizhnichenko 72'	Report	Donovan Slijngard 31' Komnen Andrić 41'	Stadium: Selin Kamelya Hotel

20 February 2017 Friendly	Žalgiris	1–0	Flora	Vilnius, Lithuania
12:00 EET (UTC+2)	Mamadou Mbodj 89'	Report		Stadium: Sportima Arena Attendance: 200

7 June 2017 Friendly	Liepāja	1–0	Žalgiris	Liepāja, Latvia
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Kristaps Grebis 73'	Report		Stadium: Daugava Stadium

27 June 2017 Friendly	Žalgiris	3–1	IFK Göteborg	Vilnius, Lithuania
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Elivelto 28' Darvydas Šernas 61' Liviu Antal 90+2'	Report	Tobias Hysén 15'	Stadium: LFF Stadium

6 July 2017 Friendly	BATE Borisov	1–1	Žalgiris	Barysaw, Belarus
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Yury Kendysh 74'	Report	Matija Ljujić 29'	Stadium: Borisov Arena

Competitions

Lithuanian Supercup

26 February 2017	Žalgiris	1–0	Trakai	Vilnius, Lithuania
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Mahamane Traoré 76'	Report	Darius Kazubovičius 46' Pavel Kruk 72'	Stadium: Sportima Arena Attendance: 2,918 Referee: Robertas Valikonis

A Lyga

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
31	19	7	5	57	26	+31	64	11	2	3	33	12	+21	8	5	2	24	14	+10

Last updated: 4 November 2017.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H
Result	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	L
Position	1	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 4 November 2017. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sūduva	28	17	8	3	65	28	+37	59	Qualification to Championship round
2	Žalgiris	28	17	7	4	51	22	+29	58
3	Trakai	28	15	9	4	45	22	+23	54
4	Atlantas	28	8	9	11	33	33	0	33
5	Utenis	28	8	8	12	24	41	−17	32

Source: A Lyga (in Lithuanian), UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Matches won.^[46]

Matches

4 March 2017 1	Atlantas	1–2	Žalgiris	Klaipėda, Lithuania
13:00 EET (UTC+2)	Andrei Panyukov 62' 74'	Report	Mantas Kuklys 21' (pen.) Elivelto 27' 69' Rolandas Baravykas 55' Matija Ljujić 90+1'	Stadium: Klaipėda Artificial Football Pitch Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Donatas Rumšas

12 March 2017 2	Žalgiris	0–1	Utenis	Vilnius, Lithuania
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Saulius Mikoliūnas 45+1' Egidijus Vaitkūnas 90+5'	Report	Edvinas Baniulis 41' 59' Aurimas Tručinskas 75' Dejan Garača 90' Vladislav Nikitin 90+3'	Stadium: Sportima Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Darius Petraška

16 March 2017 3	Žalgiris	1–0	Kauno Žalgiris	Vilnius, Lithuania
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Elivelto 65'	Report		Stadium: Sportima Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Mindaugas Jackus

29 March 2017 4	Trakai	0–1	Žalgiris	Vilnius, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Arūnas Klimavičius 80' Tadas Labukas 90'	Report	Mantas Kuklys 59' Matija Ljujić 69' Slavko Blagojević 78' Vytautas Lukša 87'	Stadium: Sportima Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika

5 April 2017 5	Žalgiris	2–1	Jonava	Vilnius, Lithuania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Armantas Vitkauskas 20' Georgas Freidgeimas 41' Komnen Andrić 55' Elivelto 57', 65' Egidijus Vaitkūnas 68'	Report	Benas Spietinis 17' Tomas Salamanavičius 55' Andrey Chukhley 80' Davit Makaradze 90+4'	Stadium: Sportima Arena Attendance: 850 Referee: Darius Petraška

12 April 2017 6	Stumbras	1–3	Žalgiris	Kaunas, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Lukas Artimavičius 32' Levan Macharashvili 75' Klaidas Janonis 86' André Almeida 87'	Report	Darvydas Šernas 48', 64', 85' 90+3' Mamadou Mbodj 86'	Stadium: NFA Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas

19 April 2017 7	Žalgiris	3–1	Sūduva	Vilnius, Lithuania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Darvydas Šernas 17' (pen.), 36', 65' 44' Matija Ljujić 34' Slavko Blagojević 45' Mamadou Mbodj 71' Egidijus Vaitkūnas 90+1'	Report	Povilas Leimonas 7' 52' Andro Švrljuga 19'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika

25 April 2017 8	Utenis	0–4	Žalgiris	Visaginas, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Edvinas Baniulis 2' Gabrielius Zagurskas 33' Rudinilson 56'	Report	Elivelto 22', 71' Bahrudin Atajić 66' Saulius Mikoliūnas 73' Serge Nyuiadzi 78'	Stadium: Visaginas Artificial Football Pitch Attendance: 350 Referee: Jurijus Paškovskis

30 April 2017 9	Žalgiris	1–0	Atlantas	Vilnius, Lithuania
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Elivelto 20' Slavko Blagojević 53' Egidijus Vaitkūnas 65' Georgas Freidgeimas 90+3'	Report	Donatas Kazlauskas 20' Andrei Panyukov 53' Markas Beneta 78'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika

3 May 2017 10	Žalgiris	4–1	Stumbras	Vilnius, Lithuania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bahrudin Atajić 9', 13' Komnen Andrić 15' Linas Klimavičius 26' Mantas Kuklys 89'	Report	Daniel Romanovskij 90+1'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Darius Petraška

10 May 2017 11	Jonava	0–2	Žalgiris	Jonava, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Artūras Rocys 56' 65' Vitalijs Barinovs 59'	Report	Slavko Blagojević 18' Serge Nyuiadzi 40' 69' Elivelto 43' Georgas Freidgeimas 45+1'	Stadium: Jonava Artificial Football Pitch Attendance: 450 Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas

16 May 2017 12	Žalgiris	1–1	Trakai	Vilnius, Lithuania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Mantas Kuklys 32' Mamadou Mbodj 82'	Report	Pavel Kruk 37' Oscar Dorley 49' Justinas Januševskij 56'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 1,750 Referee: Robertas Valikonis

24 May 2017 13	Sūduva	0–0	Žalgiris	Marijampolė, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Marius Činikas 81'	Report		Stadium: ARVI Football Arena Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika

1 June 2017 14	Kauno Žalgiris	2–0	Žalgiris	Kaunas, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Aurimas Raginis 27' Ernestas Mickevičius 28' Ignas Dedura 60' Mario Duque 66' Edgaras Kloniūnas 85'	Report		Stadium: Darius and Girėnas Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Mindaugas Jackus

14 June 2017 15	Žalgiris	3–0	Atlantas	Vilnius, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Markas Beneta 23' (o.g.) Darvydas Šernas 46', 59'	Report	Donatas Kazlauskas 11'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas

20 June 2017 16	Jonava	1–2	Žalgiris	Jonava, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Klaudijus Upstas 13' 72' 79' Laurynas Stonkus 26' Arnas Paškevičius 34' Tautvydas Eliošius 84' Povilas Valinčius 90+1'	Report	Darvydas Šernas 29' Matija Ljujić 33' Donovan Slijngard 75' Mamadou Mbodj 82' Linas Klimavičius 90+1'	Stadium: Central Stadium of Jonava Attendance: 400 Referee: Darius Petraška

22 July 2017 17	Žalgiris	1–0	Stumbras	Vilnius, Lithuania
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Egidijus Vaitkūnas 15' Darvydas Šernas 33' 71' Vytautas Lukša 68' Slavko Blagojević 82'	Report	Tomas Snapkauskas 37' Lukas Artimavičius 62'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas

25 July 2017 18	Kauno Žalgiris	1–1	Žalgiris	Kaunas, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Mario Duque 11' Ignas Dedura 50' Lukas Kochanauskas 73'	Report	Mahamane Traore 17' Mantas Kuklys 38' Mamadou Mbodj 75'	Stadium: Darius and Girėnas Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Darius Petraška

2 August 2017 19	Žalgiris	5-0	Utenis	Vilnius, Lithuania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Elivelto 4' 16' Šernas 26' 64' Nyuiadzi 37' Atajić 77'	Report	Yassine Kharbouch 17' Diedie Traore 45' Carlos Carrasco 58'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Saulius Dirda

9 August 2017 20	Žalgiris	1-1	Sūduva	Vilnius, Lithuania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Nyuiadzi 45+1' Klimavičius 45+2' Kuklys 50' (pen.) Vaitkūnas 83'	Report	Leimonas 45+2' Činikas 49' Švrljuga 60' Kerla 79' Robertas Vėževičius 90+1'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas

12 August 2017 21	Trakai	2-2	Žalgiris	Vilnius, Lithuania
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Klimavičius 20' (pen.) 58' (pen.) Šilėnas 25' Borovskij 40' Modestas Vorobjovas 63' Kruk 64'	Report	Šernas 12' Nyuiadzi 32' Oyarzún 41' Elivelto 61' Blagojević 65' Mbodji 67' Klimavičius 70'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 450 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika

16 August 2017 22	Žalgiris	5-0	Jonava	Vilnius, Lithuania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Klimavičius 6' Šernas 8' Ljujić 14' 22' Atajić 55' Antal 59' (pen.) 72'	Report	Osipovs 50' Zhevnerov 59'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas

22 August 2017 23	Stumbras	1-1	Žalgiris	Kaunas, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Marcos Junior 29' Tomas Snapkauskas 36' Lukas Artimavičius 48' Lucas Villela 77' Levan Macharashvili 85'	Report	Oyarzún 55' Lukša 67'	Stadium: Darius and Girėnas Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Edmundas Gaigalas

14 September 2017 24	Žalgiris	v	Kauno Žalgiris	Vilnius, Lithuania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: LFF Stadium

LFF Taurė

27 May 2017 Round of 32	Banga	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	Žalgiris	Gargždai, Lithuania
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Mindaugas Bitinas 25' Karolis Urbaitis 36' Mantas Gudauskas 90+4' 90+4' Simonas Urbys 94' Ignas Jurgutis 99' Deividas Padaigis 115'	Report	Komnen Andrić 34' Uzėla 38' Matija Ljujić 43' Justas Lasickas 47'	Stadium: Gargždai Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ugnius Veprauskas
	Penalties
	Algimantas Bačanskis Šarūnas Skulskis Mantas Gudauskas Tadas Norbutas		Mantas Kuklys Darvydas Šernas Vytautas Lukša Egidijus Vaitkūnas

24 June 2017 Round of 16	Žalgiris	1–0	Atlantas	Vilnius, Lithuania
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Elivelto 30'	Report	Donatas Kazlauskas 66'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Jurij Paškovskij

26 August 2017 Quarter-finals	Panerys	0-8	Žalgiris	Vilnius, Lithuania
18:00	Tomas Statkevičius 26'	Report	Oyarzún 21' Uzėla 49' 86' Lukša 67' 90+1' Ernestas Stočkūnas 75' 89' Šernas 79'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 450 Referee: Donatas Šimėnas

8 September 2017 Semi-finals	Sūduva	2-2 (a.e.t.) (2- 4 p)	Žalgiris	Marijampolė, Lithuania
15:00	Chvedukas 14' Paulius Janušauskas 44' Kardum 45+1' Jankauskas 66' 120+1' Švrljuga 72'	Report	Lukša 9' Vaitkūnas 65' 90+3' Elivelto 77' Antal 94' Kuklys 111' Blagojević 112' Vitkauskas 117' Šernas 118' Mbodj 120+3'	Stadium: ARVI Football Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Donatas Rumšas

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

12 July 2017 First leg	Žalgiris	2–1	Ludogorets Razgrad	Vilnius, Lithuania
20:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Slavko Blagojević 8' Matija Ljujić 62' Darvydas Šernas 64' 90+4' Serge Nyuiadzi 78' Mantas Kuklys 85'	Report	Anicet Abel 18' Gustavo Campanharo 29' Lucas Sasha 87'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 4911 Referee: Manuel Schuettengruber

19 July 2017 Second leg	Ludogorets Razgrad	4–1 (5–3 agg.)	Žalgiris	Razgrad, Bulgaria
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Natanael 41' 70' Cosmin Moti 45' Wanderson 55' Claudiu Keșerü 56' 74' 75' Svetoslav Dyakov 76'	Report	Egidijus Vaitkūnas 9' Serge Nyuiadzi 15' Slavko Blagojević 56' Donovan Slijngard 61'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 4739 Referee: Mads Kristoffersen

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		A Lyga		Supercup		LFF Taurė		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	LTU	Armantas Vitkauskas	13	0	8	0	1	0	2	0	2	0
29	GK	LTU	Džiugas Bartkus	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	LTU	Airidas Mickevičius	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK	LTU	Pijus Petkevičius	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	LTU	Linas Klimavičius	18	1	12+1	1	1	0	2	0	2	0
4	DF	CHI	Diego Oyarzún	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
5	DF	NED	Donovan Slijngard	21	0	15+1	0	1	0	1+1	0	2	0
6	DF	SEN	Mamadou Mbodj	20	0	15+1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
8	DF	LTU	Egidijus Vaitkūnas	19	0	11+3	0	1	0	2	0	2	0
23	DF	LTU	Rolandas Baravykas	12	0	10+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
71	DF	LTU	Jonas Skinderis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	CRO	Slavko Blagojević	20	1	14+2	1	1	0	1	0	2	0
13	MF	LTU	Saulius Mikoliūnas	11	0	2+6	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	0	0
14	MF	LTU	Karolis Uzėla	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
16	MF	MLI	Mahamane Traoré	7	1	2+2	0	0+1	1	1	0	0+1	0
17	MF	ROU	Liviu Antal	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
19	MF	LTU	Daniel Romanovskij	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	LTU	Vytautas Lukša	21	1	11+5	1	1	0	0+2	0	0+2	0
22	MF	LTU	Justas Lasickas	4	1	0+4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
27	MF	SRB	Matija Ljujić	20	1	11+4	0	1	0	2	1	2	0
44	MF	TOG	Serge Nyuiadzi	16	3	6+6	1	0	0	1+1	0	1+1	2
75	MF	LTU	Ernestas Stočkūnas	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	MF	LTU	Mantas Kuklys	20	5	16	4	1	0	1	0	2	1
Forwards
9	FW	BIH	Bahrudin Atajić	18	3	7+6	3	0+1	0	1+1	0	0+2	0
10	FW	LTU	Darvydas Šernas	20	10	14+2	10	1	0	1+1	0	1	0
28	FW	LTU	Julius Momkus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
80	FW	BRA	Elivelto	21	9	17	8	1	0	1	1	2	0
Players transferred out during the season
3	DF	LTU	Georgas Freidgeimas	10	0	7+2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
11	FW	SRB	Komnen Andrić	9	1	6+2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
55	GK	LTU	Saulius Klevinskas	9	0	8+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 1 July 2017
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	A Lyga	Supercup	LFF Taurė	UEFA CL	Total
1	10	FW	Darvydas Šernas	10	0	0	0	10
2	80	FW	Elivelto	8	0	1	0	9
3	88	MF	Mantas Kuklys	4	0	0	1	5
4	9	FW	Bahrudin Atajić	3	0	0	0	3
4	44	MF	Serge Nyuiadzi	1	0	0	2	3
5	2	DF	Linas Klimavičius	1	0	0	0	1
	7	MF	Slavko Blagojević	1	0	0	0	1
	11	FW	Komnen Andrić	1	0	0	0	1
	16	MF	Mahamane Traoré	0	1	0	0	1
	21	MF	Vytautas Lukša	1	0	0	0	1
	27	MF	Matija Ljujić	0	0	1	0	1
	Own goal				1	0	0	0	1
Totals				29	1	2	0	32

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	A Lyga	Supercup	LFF Taurė	Total
1	1	GK	Armantas Vitkauskas	5	1	1	7
2	55	GK	Saulius Klevinskas	4	0	0	4
3	30	GK	Airidas Mickevičius	1	0	0	1
3	29	GK	Džiugas Bartkus	1	0	0	1
Totals				10	1	1	12

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	A Lyga			Supercup			LFF Taurė			UEFA CL			Total
1	GK		Armantas Vitkauskas			1										0	0	1
2	DF		Linas Klimavičius	1												1	0	0
3	DF		Georgas Freidgeimas	3												3	0	0
5	DF		Donovan Slijngard	1									1			2	0	0
6	DF		Mamadou Mbodj	5												5	0	0
7	MF		Slavko Blagojević	5									2			7	0	0
8	DF		Egidijus Vaitkūnas	5									1			6	0	0
9	FW		Bahrudin Atajić										1			1	0	0
10	FW		Darvydas Šernas	3									1	1		5	1	0
11	FW		Komnen Andrić	1						1						2	0	0
13	MF		Saulius Mikoliūnas	2												2	0	0
14	MF		Karolis Uzėla							1						1	0	0
16	MF		Mahamane Traore		1											1	0	0
21	MF		Vytautas Lukša		1											1	0	0
22	MF		Justas Lasickas							1						1	0	0
23	DF		Rolandas Baravykas	1												1	0	0
27	MF		Matija Ljujić	4									1			5	0	0
44	MF		Serge Nyuiadzi	1	1											1	1	0
80	FW		Elivelto	1												1	0	0
88	MF		Mantas Kuklys	1												1	0	0
Totals				29	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	32	1	1

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[1] "Armantas Vitkauskas pasirinko "Žalgirį"". fkzalgiris.lt.

[Pastiprinimas_iš_Maltos-2] "Lietuvos čempionai sulaukė pastiprinimo" (in Lithuanian). FK Žalgiris. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.

[3] "Lithuanian internationals have joined the team". fkzalgiris.lt.

[Žalgirį_papildė_čilietis-4] "European dream starts in Vilnius". FK Žalgiris. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[5] "Last addition before Champions league – D. Slijngard". fkzalgiris.lt. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-12-12.

[6] "FK Žalgiris signed a defender from Crvena Zvezda". FK Žalgiris. 19 January 2016.

[7] "VMFD "Žalgiris" pasirašė pirmąsias sutartis". fkzalgiris.lt.

[Žalgirį_papildė_pirmasis_naujokas-8] ""Žalgirį" papildė pirmasis naujokas" (in Lithuanian). FK Žalgiris. 12 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.

[9] ""Ekrane" žaidęs J. Skinderis – "Žalgirio" narys" (in Lithuanian). FK Žalgiris. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.

[10] "Slavko Blagojević signs for FK Žalgiris". FK Žalgiris. 29 June 2016.

[11] "Lithuanian internationals have joined the team". FK Žalgiris. 23 December 2015.

[Skambus_papildymas_iš_Prancūzijos-12] "Skambus papildymas iš Prancūzijos čempionato" (in Lithuanian). FK Žalgiris. 17 February 2017. Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.

[Žalgiris_signed_experienced_Romanian_winger-13] "Žalgiris signed experienced Romanian winger". FK Žalgiris. 20 June 2017. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2017.

[14] ""Žalgiris" signs Lukša". fkzalgiris.lt.

[15] "Vilniaus "Žalgiryje" – dar vienas naujokas" (in Lithuanian). FK Žalgiris. 15 June 2016. Archived from the original on 18 June 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.

[Serge_Nyuiadzi-16] "Serge'as Nyuiadzi grįžta į Vilnių" (in Lithuanian). FK Žalgiris. 8 March 2017. Archived from the original on 9 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.

[17] "Kuklys signs new contract at Žalgiris Vilnius". fkzalgiris.lt.

[18] "New striker in the squad". FK Žalgiris. 19 January 2016.

[D.Šernas_ištesėjo_pažadą-19] "D.Šernas ištesėjo pažadą" (in Lithuanian). FK Žalgiris. 30 January 2017.

[20] "First edition to the team". fkzalgiris.lt.

[Komnen_Andrić-21] "Vilniaus "Žalgiris" sukirto rankomis su Serbijos talentu". YouTube. FK Žalgiris. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.

[Nuomos_apžvalga-22] "Išnuomotų žalgiriečių sezono apžvalga" (in Lithuanian). FK Žalgiris. 6 December 2016. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

[23] "Norvegijos klubas įsigijo "Žalgirio" puolėją" (in Lithuanian). FK Žalgiris. 18 February 2017. Archived from the original on 19 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.

[24] "รายชื่อนักเตะใหม่(ต่างชาติ) Félix Asdrúbal Padrón Hernández, เอเลียส ดอเลาะ(ไทย-สวีเดน), Sergio Gustavo Suárez arteaga, Andrija Kaluđerović". Twitter.com (in Thai). PORT F.C. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.

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[26] Augustis, Mindaugas (3 March 2017). "Žvaigždės kainą atskleidęs "Žalgiris" vos neprisiviliojo dar brangesnio naujoko". DELFI (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 3 March 2017.

[Permainos_čempionų_stovykloje-27] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Permainos čempionų stovykloje" (in Lithuanian). FK Žalgiris. 2 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.

[28] ""Atlantas" jau pasirengęs mūšiams" (in Lithuanian). FK Atlantas. 26 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

[29] "Gorica dovodi veliko pojačanje u vezni red" (in Croatian). cityportal.hr. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.

[30] "T.Eliošius persikėlė į kitą Lietuvos ekipą" (in Lithuanian). FK Žalgiris. 7 February 2017. Archived from the original on 8 February 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.

[31] ""Žalgirio" gynėjas keliasi į "Stumbrą"". Futbolas.lt (in Lithuanian). 23 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.

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[33] "Vieni lieka, kiti atsisveikina" (in Lithuanian). FK Utenis. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2017.

[34] "Į "Utenį" – ambicingas jaunimas" (in Lithuanian). FK Utenis. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.

[Atsisveikinta_su_vartininku-35] "Atsisveikinta su vartininku, saugui ieškoma klubo" (in Lithuanian). FK Žalgiris. 6 January 2016. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

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[Jaunuolių_duetas_paskolintas-37] "Jaunuolių duetas keliasi į "Stumbrą"" (in Lithuanian). FC Stumbras. 2 February 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
31	19	7	5	57	26	+31	64	11	2	3	33	12	+21	8	5	2	24	14	+10

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League competitions	A Lyga I Lyga II Lyga South West
Cup competitions	Lithuanian Cup (Final) Super Cup
European competitions	Champions League '17–'18 Europa League '17–'18
Related to National team	2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying (Group F) Edgaras Jankauskas
Clubs seasons
A Lyga	Atlantas Jonava Kauno Žalgiris Stumbras Sūduva Utenis Žalgiris
Winter transfers Summer transfers

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
31	19	7	5	57	26	+31	64	11	2	3	33	12	+21	8	5	2	24	14	+10

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
31	19	7	5	57	26	+31	64	11	2	3	33	12	+21	8	5	2	24	14	+10